U.S. Tourism Slide Continued in May, Canadians Stayed Away

We’d been hearing CEOs talk about stabilization in travel trends. But the declines in visits from key markets — Canada, Germany — show that it will take time to repair strained relationships.

The U.S. tourism slump worsened in May as overseas arrivals dropped 2.8% from a year earlier — a setback made more severe by a sharp collapse in travel from Canada, America’s largest foreign market, according to government data released Friday.

Canadian air visits plunged 24%, while car crossings tumbled 38%, compounding concerns about the country’s faltering tourism recovery.

The data from the U.S